Daily Republican., 1887-05-20
Doibow's Lamp.Posf.
Phtladelphis Press.

"The loafer who stands on this corner
morning and evening will please move
on, as the neiehbors are tired looking at
him. Give them rest"
This inscription, which WIS posted in
staring black and white on the lamp
post at the southeast corner Of Thir-
teenth and Bezks streets last Friday
morning, has kept the neigh borhood In
. fernent ever since.
Willism FL. Dolbow, of 1855 North
Thirteenth street, says thar Mrs. Mary
A. Bawdon, of 1859 North Thirteenth
street, put 1t there, and meant 1t for
him. Mrs. Sswdon says that he put 1t
there himself In order to blame It upon
her.
Mrs. Mary Bawdon's house is the cor.
ner one at the lamp. She 10 0 dress.
maker. Her daughter Lotto and
another young girl live with her, IS
does her sister-in law, Mrs. Lottie Saw.
ago Mr.. Dolbow says he left this house,
where for o year and half previous he
had been q boarder. He 'insiats that
since then he has been annoyed by his
former landladies, who seem to wish
him out Il the neighborhood, II not out
| Of the world.
WHY Mr.. DOLB0w WAITED.
Every. morning Mr.. Dolbow says he
waited on the corner for his mail. He
10 q gentleman OF means and his time IL
not limited to the trivialities of hours
Mr.. D0lbow says he was annoy ed BY
the unkind remarks Of the corner house
tenarts, and once recently they threat
ened to shoot him II he did not chan ge
his location. This he declined to do and
chanced their wrath.
On Friday morning last he was as.
t0nished to find encirclinR the lamp
post the proclamation In question. Mr..
Dolbow's inference was that he was the
person necessary to relieve the tired
condition Of the neighborhood. He re.
fused to give that section Of the Twenty.
Ieighth ward their desired rest, and
with the assistance OF Q policeman he
removed the disagreeAble manifesto.
His nocturnal vigils are still matters Of
local history.
The objects to Mr.. Dolbow's plant
tell very different story. A Press re.
Iporter who called ut the residence OIL
Mrs. Sawdon last night met . pleasant
Hooking, middle-aged lady, who wat
greatly annoyed that anything of the
affair had become known.
Il She said: "Mr. Dolbow Was onoe on,
boarder. He lived with us year and
. half. He never paid us one cent fol
board in all that time. We had known
him for years and put up with him AND
his queernss for that reason. Wher
nine months ago asked him to leav,
] he became very angry and said that i
he conldn't stay In our house VI
;lshouldn't."
"T'll make this neigbborhood tot
hot for you to stay In it. he said. Sino,
then he has taken board two door
below here, ct No. 1855. at q German
family's named Frocem.
"Every day In all these months hs
, has stood on our corner for hours look
, ing In at our windows, and has gone &C
far as to call names. We were afraid
to 60 In the streets alone and he hal
, even approached our guests al
they left the house and tried to scandal
. ize us. The story about our havinl
amy thing to do with that poster on tn
j lamp.post is false. We never saw 1
until the day 1t was put up"
THE sIsEER-IN LAWS STORY.
Then Mrs. Lottie Sa wdon took up tn
al thread OF the story. 'On Friday morn
h ling last as started to work, for yoI
must know lam head floor walker II
I Strawbridge's store, I saw Dolbo,
!. standing ct the corner. gesticulatin
4 wildly with his cane. think he wa
!. talking to aD officer. He ran after me
shoutine: Come with me and tell m
r what you mean by putting such motto
about me In the public streets o.dn'
know what he meant. He scareI m
into returning to the corner, wh>re
!, ssw the poster for the frst time in IN.
: life. Ny niece, Lottie, had seen 1t, an,
9 says positively that 1t was In Dolbo v
i own hand dwriting, for she knew his writ
ing we'll. The neighbors are all certsil
that he wrote and posted the MOTTO
8 himself.
It "Since Friday he has been more vic
= lent than formerly. On Tuesday sen
(my niece over to Director Stokley
house on Broad street. She saw MI
Stokley, WHO told her to 60 to FIT
and Chestnut and lodge her complain,
. This we did not do, as we desired (
: avoid publicity. For months Dolbo,
has tried to traduce US, but for no res
= son that we can understand"
a Director Stokley did receive lette
70 from some of the neighbors about tn
nffair and he immediately sent word I
q Lieutenant Wolf, OF the Twenty-secon
;. District, to investigate and report
!. him. Dolbow has been to see the D
rector to ask permission to stand upo
!. the corner upmolested. This Lott,
= Sawdon learned on her Tuesday aftel
2 noon visit 10 Mr.. Stokley.
Whether he was granted his plea b
Ibid not say, but he certainly continue
Ibis solitary corner watchings.
-H
uI Lost His Reckoning.
I'll A correspondent informs rs that
a / friend of his received an order, fe'